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* In September 1997, Yahoo acquired Net Controls from which Yahoo! Search was derived.
 
* In September 1997, Yahoo acquired Net Controls from which Yahoo! Search was derived.
 
* In October 1997, Yahoo acquired Four11 and its web service mail was called Yahoo! Mail.<ref>[http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release123.html Yahoo! Media Relations]</ref>
 
* In October 1997, Yahoo acquired Four11 and its web service mail was called Yahoo! Mail.<ref>[http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release123.html Yahoo! Media Relations]</ref>
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* In 1998, Yahoo! acquired Classic Games, Sportasy, Vaiweb, Webcal, Yoyodyne and hyperparallel.
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* In 1999, Broadcast.com, Encompass, GeoCities and Online Anywhere was acquired.
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* On 31st August, 2000 eGroups was acquired by Yahoo!from which Yahoo! Groups was derived. In the same year Arthas.com, MyQuest and Kimo were also acquired.
 
* Yahoo! began to use Google’s search results in 2000 and started to work on its own search technology.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! wikipedia-Yahoo!]</ref>
 
* Yahoo! began to use Google’s search results in 2000 and started to work on its own search technology.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! wikipedia-Yahoo!]</ref>
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* In 2001, LAUNCH Media, Sold.com and Kimo was acquired.
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* In 2002, Inktomi Corporation and Hotjobs.com was mergerd with Yahoo!.
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* On 14th June, 2003 Yahoo! acquired Overture Services, Inc. and the derived product was Yahoo! Search Marketing.
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* 2005 was a great year as Yahoo! added another 10 company within its hold. The companies merged were Verdisoft, Ludicorp, Stadeon, TeRespondo, Dialpad, blo.gs, Konfabulator, Upcoming.org, Whereonearth and del.icio.us and various products like Flickr(from Ludicorp), Yahoo! Games, Yahoo! Mobile, Yahoo! voice, Yahoo! 360°, Yahoo! Local etc were created.
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* 2006 was also a major year as Webjay, SearchFox, Meedio, Jumpcut.com, Adlnterax, Bix.com, Kenet Works and Wretch was acquired.
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* On 17th September, 2007 Yahoo! acquired BuzzTracker and derived Yahoo! News. in the same Year Rivals.com, MyBlogLog, Right Media, Zimbra and Blue Lithium were also added.
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* Foxy Tunes, Inquisitor and Maven Networks were acquired in the year 2008.
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* On 22nd June, 2009 Yahoo! acquired Xoopit and derived Yahoo! Mail from it. Maktoob.com was also added in the year 2009.
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Yahoo! acquired citizensports.com, Associated Content, Koprol and Dapper in 2010 and has acquired Spreets and IntoNow till 25th April, 2011.
 
* In 2004 Yahoo! Began to use its own technology for searching anything on net.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1024_3-5160710.html cnet News-Yahoo dumps Google search technology]</ref>
 
* In 2004 Yahoo! Began to use its own technology for searching anything on net.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1024_3-5160710.html cnet News-Yahoo dumps Google search technology]</ref>
* Yahoo! Mail was revamped in 2007 to compete with Gmail.
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Afterwards, Yahoo! never looked back. It acquired wide array of services and it helped Yahoo! in growing its network. The stock prices of Yahoo! rose to high values and it enjoyed huge demand in the market until Dot-Com Bubble.
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The stock prices of Yahoo! rose to high values and it enjoyed huge demand in the market until Dot-Com Bubble.
    
==Products & Services==
 
==Products & Services==
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